Feeling pleasure isn’t just a little thing we should try to make more time for in our busy lives because it’s fun. It’s a radical act of resistance against a history of suppression and pain. Read more
Sometimes amid damaging patterns, the loss of people we love, our creeping self-doubt and bone-tiredness with grey—we need reminding our life has been here, beautiful and shining, the whole time. Read more
For a body that had returned to episodes of violence over and over and over again, it was the first time in my adult life that I was producing something — anything — that might be restorative, and I could feel the change. Read more
Silence and sex turn into offerings when men decide you owe them something. Read more
My fascinating if mildly morbid research started because I couldn’t remember having sex with my ex boyfriend. It was as though someone had come in with kindergarten scissors and started sloppily snipping those memories away. Read more
To those who think, ‘Who cares?’ I say Emily’s truth matters. Read more
I’m willing to fight for a world that honors all traumas, all bodies, and all stories. Are you? Read more
After a serious trauma, some survivors find comfort and empowerment by creating a new identity. Read more
Unexamined bias and privilege play massive roles in not only who gets to diagnose mental health disorders, but who defines their criteria. Read more
Active compassion for your mental illness is a form of resistance. Read more
